website of the day archive

Wish You Wash Here:
launderette in Spon End Coventry
never fails.

google

"Only Foals and Horses" - animal charity shop, Penny St, Blackburn

randomly

A fish and chip shop called 'The Cod Father'

google

There is a hair salon near the Target roundabout in Northolt, London, called "Fringe Benefits", class!

thisismoney.com

A milkshake bar in Oxford called "Shaken Steven's"

A dog grooming parlour called "Pets in the City" (can't remember where)

And finally, a record shop on the 2nd floor of a building in the Blue Mountains, Australia ....

"Stairway to Kevin"

Bookmarked ages ago!

In Lichfield Staffs:
Womb To Grow - maternity shop
Perk-u-later - sells ground coffee

Google

I was driving through Brighton and found a delightful little Chinese takeaway called "Brighton Wok"!!

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Guy's note
There's a special feature in the Shop Horror book all about the funny shops in Brighton. It includes Brighton Wok and many others. Visit the Buy the Book page for more details.

fortean times

A guy named John Hewitt in the year below me at my old school has just recently opened his own hair salon in my home town Chard, Somerset.
It's called 'Hairs Johnny'.

Fortean Times

There is a India Balti restaurant in coalville in Leicestershire called BALTI TOWERS

fortean times

In the mid nineties there was a mobile snack van regularly stationed outside the student's union building in Durham known as 'Jason's Donner Van'.
More recently, I spotted a betting shop on Leith Walk (Edinburgh) called 'Macbet'

Google

There was a Restaurant in Sydney, Australia, called the Hard Wok Cafe. Unfortunately the Hard Rock Cafe people weren't very happy about it so they changed their name to Koala Lumpar. I read about this in an article on Restaurant names in the Age Newspaper

supanet.com

There is a carpet shop in Consett Co. Durham called Get Laid Professionally.

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Guy's note:
You can see a photo of Get Laid Professionally and nearly 200 other funny shop fronts in the Shop Horror Book available at the Buy The Book page.

Google

There is a tanning centre in St.Andrews, Scotland called Sun Tan Drew.

A friend told me

"Footsie 100"

A beautiful ladies shoe shop in Blandford Forum Dorset. Fantastic range of boots and shoes. It is even painted FT Pink.

- Karen

BBC Radio Gloucester web site

It's a fish and chip shop in Twesksbury road in Chelteham Gloucestershire. It's called FOR COD'S SAKE.

Google

Two hair dressers in Brighton, England, home town of the DJ FAT BOY SLIM.

FAT BOY TRIMS
&
RIGHT HAIR, RIGHT NOW (after his song Right Here, Right Now)

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You can see Right Hair Right Now in the Shop Horror book, available from Amazon via the Buy page

from the SH book

Can't see it myself. I think it's all made up. I live near Omnipresents in Norwich and they said there's something in their photo in the book, but I can't see anything. All good fun though.

Shop Horror book

Does My Tum Look Big In This - maternity shop opened in North Camp Farnborough last month. Address is 20 Alexandra Road, Farnborough.

Fantastic.

I have the Shop Horror book

I've been tryin to work out what the hidden message / theme is too. I think there's somthin going on in all of the pics in the book, like a figure of a little man or somethin.

Anyway, top book. Very funny. Makes a good present.

Shop Horror book

I think I've worked out what the hidden message in teh book is. Is there a symbol hidden in shop windows?

Any takers?

Top book BTW. Laugh out loud stuff!